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Ultrahigh gradient particle acceleration by intense laser-driven plasma density waves

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Space-charge waves driven by resonantly beating two laser beams in a high-density plasma can produce ultrahigh electric fields that propagate with velocities close to c. By phase-locking particles in such a wave, particles may be accelerated to very high energies within a very short distance.

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    C. Joshi, W. B. Mori, T. Katsouleas & J. M. Dawson

  2. Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico, 87545, USA

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Joshi, C., Mori, W., Katsouleas, T. et al. Ultrahigh gradient particle acceleration by intense laser-driven plasma density waves. Nature 311, 525–529 (1984). https://doi.org/10.1038/311525a0

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